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Sayadaw U Jagara's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
Sayadaw U Jagara
Born in Canada, Sayadaw U Jagara, originally named Martin Boisvert, embarked on his spiritual journey in the mid-1970s under the guidance of Robert H. Hover. In 1979 he received ordination as a monk from the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw in Burma. For the next 15 years, he resided in Sri Lanka, where he blended the practice of meditation with the study of Buddhist scriptures. He also made intermittent trips to India and Thailand for meditation retreats. During the 1980s, he assumed the role of a meditation guide, conducting retreats in the tradition of S.N. Goenka across India, North America, Europe, and Asia. In 1995, he began training under the esteemed Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw, a revered Burmese meditation master known for his commitment to the Visuddhimagga. This text serves as both a practical roadmap to deep states of meditation (jhāna) and a meticulous guide to the direct analytical approaches of vipassanā. Sayadaw U Jagara began assisting Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw in teaching the dhamma in the early 2000s and sustained his support up to the early 2010s. In the past decade, he has independently shared his wisdom and experiences across North America, collaborating with various meditation teachers. His teachings focus on life as continuous meditation, guiding students toward liberation through observation, wisdom, and compassion.
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2011-10-08 "Face The Will" 1:17:42
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Are we free? Can we be free? The five aggregates seen in the Samyutta, as empty, unsubstantial and ephemeral. (Anicca, Dukka, Anatta) To be or not to be: Let it be: Act without an agent.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2011-10-05 Questions and Answers 1:10:23
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2011-10-01 What and Why = Defining Mind and Matter Plus Their Causes 1:11:53
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An attempt to bring basic insight knowledge under our eyes by brief textual quotations.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2011-09-28 Questions and Answers 58:08
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2011-09-24 Understanding How One Thing Leads To Another 1:45:26
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From body contemplation one can know the mind. Extracts from the "Exposition Of Elements" (MN - 140) and Bahudhatu sutta.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2011-09-21 Questions and Answers 64:17
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2011-09-17 Reading of a Sutta on the elements and questions and answers 62:28
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2011-09-14 Questions and Answers 60:47
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2011-09-10 Attitude/Perspective 1:14:16
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How to change and enhance the quality of our mind with samadhi. How this will give us different views and angles to see life. How as a result, our attitude to life may change.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2011-09-07 Questions & Answers 1:30:24
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Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  July through October 2011 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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